sangomas

sangomas

美 [sɑŋˈɡoʊmə] 　英 [sænˈɡʊəmə]

• n.巫师
• 网络非洲巫医；家桑格玛斯

词形变化

复数：sangomas  

英汉解释

n.	1. in South Africa, a person who cures people who have illnesses or injuries using plants and other traditional methods

例句

Most sangomas are no longer able to earn a living from their practice alone.

大多数治疗师们独自一人已经不再能够谋生。

While scientists tend to view the healers with scepticism, the sangomas often fear that Western medicine will harm their patients.

科学家倾向于对治疗师持怀疑态度，而sangomas也常常担心现代医学将会伤害他们的患者。

A recent poll says 70 percent of South Africans still visit sangomas on a regular basis.

最近的一项调查显示70%的南非民众仍然定期拜访传统治疗师。

Launched in the 1970s, it does lobbying and also trains and teaches new sangomas on the ethics of the job.

这一组织在1970年代被创建，它进行游说并训练教授新人治疗师们对于这份职业的伦理道德观。

When she began practicing there were few sangomas in this city, but now there are several on each street.

当她开始行医时这个城市几乎没有治疗师，但是现在每条街道都有几人。

Many of South Africa's 5. 5 million HIV-positive people rely on traditional healers, called sangomas.

南非550万艾滋病病毒感染者中的许多人依靠称作sangomas的传统治疗师。